Career
He spent thirteen seasons at from 1949 to 1962. Perry, an outside-left, signed for in 1949 after being recommended to the club by scout Billy Butler, who coached him at Johannesburg Rangers. The following season, his FA Cup semi-final replay goal against Birmingham City helped put into the Final against Newcastle United.
As in 1951, his semi-final goal, this time against Tottenham Hotspur, sent on their way to Wembley.
During the 1955-1956 season, Perry scored twenty goals (a record for a winger) (including a hat-trick in the first of two West Lancashire derbies in the space of twenty-four hours) to help to their highest-ever league position of runners-up in Division One. A cartilage operation virtually ended Perry"s playing career, and after being in and out of the side, he was transfer-listed in the summer of 1962.
Southport came in for his services, where he played 26 games from August 1962 until May 1963 when he joined Hereford United. He remained at Edgar Street for just the one season and made a total of 29 appearances for Hereford during his time there.
Perry left Hereford at the end of the 1963-1964 season and had a short spell in Australia before retiring with Holyhead Town.
He became a director of Fleetwood Town between 1967 and 1970. F.C. Hall of Fame Perry was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Bloomfield Road, when it was officially opened by former player Jimmy Armfield in April 2006. Organised by the Supporters Association, fans around the world voted on their all-time heroes.
Five players from each decade are inducted.
Perry is in the 1950s. Perry made three appearances for England, scoring two goals.
Perry died eight months later at the age of 77.